Febrile neutropenia(FN)is an adverse event associated with chemotherapy. Because well-maintained dose intensity improves survival rate, suppression of FN is important. While the incidence of FN has been recognized to be higher with docetaxel/cyclophosphamide(TC)therapy, it is generally considered lower with doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide(AC)therapy, and primary prophylaxis with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor(G-CSF)is not recommended. FN with AC therapy is commonly experienced in our daily practice. Thus, we retrospectively compared the incidence of FN with AC and TC therapies. We examined the data of 48 patients with primary breast cancer, consisting of 26 patients treated with AC and 22 patients with TC as perioperative chemotherapy-from January 2014 to September 2018-to determine the incidence of FN. FN was observed in 7/26 patients who received AC(26.9%)and 5/22 patients who received TC(22.7%). Excluding patients with primary prophylaxis with G-CSF, FN was observed in 7/23 patients(30.4%)who received AC and 5/18 (27.8%)who received TC. The incidence of FN with AC therapy was higher than that with TC therapy in this study. Therefore, positive use of G-CSF is necessary for safety and to adequately maintain dose intensity for AC therapy.There is no known recommended chemotherapy after radical surgery for gastric cancer for patients who have non-curative disease. We defined positive peritoneal cytology(CY1), resection margin involvement, pathological peritoneal metastasis (pP1)and pN3b as clinical non-curative factors and administered adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 and docetaxel(DOC) (80 mg/m2 day 1-14 of S-1 for 2 weeks with 40 mg/m2 of DOC on day 1, every 3 weeks). This regimen lasted for 1 year; however, if chemotherapy could be continued after this period, we used S-1 only. We reported the results of 11 cases who received this treatment.
  There were 6 total gastrectomies and 5 distal gastrectomies. Clinical non-curative factors were 5 pP1, 5 pN3b, 3 CY1 and 1 resection margin involvement.
 
  At the end of adjuvant therapy there were 6 completions, 4 recurrences, and 1 patient with side effects. The main adverse event of Grade 3 or greater was neutropenia (46%). The recurrence rate was 63.6%. Types of relapse included 6 disseminations and 1 patient with lymph node involvement. One-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 100%, 72.7% and 72.7%, respectively, and the RFS was 64.0 months.
 
  S-1 and DOC adjuvant chemotherapy produced good results and may serve as a therapy of choice for patients with advanced gastric cancer with non-curative factors after a relatively curative resection.
 S-1 and DOC adjuvant chemotherapy produced good results and may serve as a therapy of choice for patients with advanced gastric cancer with non-curative factors after a relatively curative resection.Definitive chemoradiotherapy(CRT)for esophageal cancer is the standard treatment and alternative to surgery. However, the tolerability of CRT in elderly patients is not well known. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed 60 patients with esophageal cancer who were treated with CRT(5-FU 700 mg/m2, cisplatin 70 mg/m2, radiation 60 Gy)at our hospital between January 2015 and September 2017. The patients were divided into 2 groups an elderly group comprising 16 patients aged >75 years and a non-elderly group comprising 44 patients aged less then 74 years. The relative dose intensity of cisplatin in the elderly group was significantly lower than that in the non-elderly group. Radiotherapy was successfully executed in both groups.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/adenine-sulfate.html  More patients in the elderly(25%)than the non-elderly group(7%)developed pneumonitis, and all patients who developed severe pneumonitis in the elderly group died. Application of definitive CRT and irradiation methods in elderly patients with a subpleural reticular shadow should be carefully considered before initiating therapy.There are 4 purposes in the nutritional management for cancer patient. At first, we had better perform the early metabolic recovery from several invasive damages by some cancer treatments. At second, we give some special nutritional management for improvement from cancer cachexia. At third, we consider palliative nutritional management to terminal cancer patients based on pathophysiology of cachexia, their life styles and ethics. Finally, we give the social nutritional management for keeping high quality of life through well eating until the end of life. The basic nutritional management for cancer patients is administration of adequate amount of energy, protein/amino acids and micronutrients with suitable rehabilitation in order to prevent sarcopenia and malnutrition. In this paper, we explained about the metabolic influences to normal tissues, especially skeletal muscle, during chemotherapy. Also we mentioned importance to prevent sarcopenia and malnutrition during cancer treatment especially chemotherapy. Additionally, we showed the new topic about assessment for malnutrition, such as GLIM criteria, which is the global nutritional assessment formula for malnutrition including weight loss, low BMI and reduce of muscle mass. Now, we can recommend to use the global nutritional assessment and nutritional therapies even for cancer patients.Sarcopenia as well as cancer cachexia is recognized as a poor prognostic factor for malignant tumors. Sarcopenia predicts poor surgical outcomes, treatment of toxic effects, and reduced survival. Cachexia, which occurs in up to 80% of those with cancer, is a life-threatening condition associated with several pathologies. In colorectal cancer, sarcopenia and cancer cachexia are less common than in other cancer types. However, sarcopenia or cancer cachexia in colorectal cancer has been also reported, suggesting their association with the effects or prognosis, respectively. Sarcopenia and cancer cachexia may coexist, and it is important to recognize them. We report the latest findings on the relationship between colorectal cancer and sarcopenia/cancer cachexia.Sarcopenia is regarded with a negative prognostic or detrimental factor for several diseases, regardless of benign or malignant disease. The relationship between sarcopenia and resectable gastric cancer has been investigated gradually. On the contrary, the effect of sarcopenia in advanced gastric cancer is not apparent. In this article, firstly, we summarised the impact of sarcopenia in resectable stage, and then in advanced gastric cancer receiving chemotherapy. Finally, we discussed the nutrition support for advanced gastric cancer.